PIANO DUO
ALLISON GAGNON
ERIC LARSEN
NORTH CAROLINA
SCHOOL OF THE
ARTS

GUEST ARTIST CONCERT SERIES
KATZIN CONCERT HALL
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2007 • 2:30 PM

MUSIC
-t-ferberger College
of Fine Arts

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Canadian pianist Allison Gagnon directs the Collaborative Piano Program at
the North Carolina School of the Arts. Acclaimed for her performances with both
instrumental and vocal colleagues, she has appeared in recital throughout Canada
and the US, and in Europe, including recent performances in Montreal, Toronto,
New York, and Paris. In addition, she has given collaborative skills
masterclasses both locally and internationally, and has been a founding member
of the Martlet Trio and the Atlantic Ensemble. With the support of the Canada
Council she completed her DMA in Collaborative Piano at the Cleveland Institute
of Music under the guidance of Anne Epperson; she is also a graduate of McGill
University, the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, Austria, and Queen's University
in Kingston, Ontario, where she was on faculty before going to NCSA. She has
participated in festivals at the Banff Centre and at the Music Academy of the
West in Santa Barbara. Since 1997 she has been a member of the piano
accompanying staff of the Meadowmount School of Music in New York.

Program
Largo from Trio Sonata for Organ
Johann Sebastian Bach
in C Major, BWV 529
(1685-1750)
arr. for two pianos by Larsen/Gagnon
Feinberg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)

Sonata in D Major,
K. 448 (375A)
Allegro con spirito
Andante
Molto Allegro

Manuel Infante
(1883-1958)

Danses Andalouses
American pianist Eric Larsen has been heard in the major concert halls of
Russia, Europe, South America, Asia and the United States. He has recorded for
Melodiya, Russian Disc, Albany, Equilibrium and New World Records and his
live performances have been broadcast on NPR, WQXR, WFMT, Moscow State
Radio and Colombian National Television. His musical collaborators have
included Joseph Silverstein, Joshua Bell, Carol Wincenc, Ransom Wilson and the
Mendelssohn, Alexander and Wihan String Quartets. As the recipient of major
grants from the Mary Duke Biddle and Andrew Mellon Foundations, he has
pursued extensive research in the Edvard Grieg Manuscript Collection at
Norway's Bergen Bibliotek. He has been engaged by International Music
Company to edit the three Brahms Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello. His students
have won prizes in major international competitions including the Casagrande,
Busoni, International Bach and Pretoria Competitions. Mr. Larsen tours regularly
with the Meadowmount Trio and is the director of the piano program at the
Meadowmount School of Music in New York. Mr. Larsen has been on the ArtistFaculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts since 1979.

Ritmo
Sentimiento

**There will be a 10-minute intermission**
Anton Arensky
(1861-1906)

Suite No. 1, Op. 15
Romance
Waltz
Polonaise

Five Waltzes, Op. 39
arr. by the composer for
Frau Seraphine Tausig
LaValse, poeme choregraphique
arr. by composer

Johannes Brahms

(1833-1897)
Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)

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